Henry Power

Homer's 'Odyssey' (eBook, ePUB)

A Reading Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literatureHenry Power provides an overview of the whole poem, key extracts from the text and detailed commentary of crucial moments in the poem. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features* Aimed at new readers coming to the poem for the first time and those teaching it at universities alike* Includes innovative teaching strategies for engaging students with the poem

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748688968
• Artikelnr.: 56904401

Autorenporträt

Dr Henry Power is Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter. He completed his PhD in English at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge on 'Tom Jones, Appetite, and the Epic Tradition' in 2005. He has published scholarly articles in Translation and Literature, the Review of English Studies and the Cambridge Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Note on the text Series Editors' Preface 1. Mapping and
Making The Odyssey as an Epic Poem The Odyssey and the Iliad The Metre
Setting Summary 2. Introduction: Four ways of approaching the poem 3.
Selections from the Odyssey Book I: Telemachos and Athene Book VI: Odysseus
and Nausikaa Book IX: Odysseus as Storyteller: Polyphemos Book XIII: Return
to Ithaka Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope 4. Contexts for Reading Oral
Poetry and the Homeric Question Some Views of Homer The Odyssey in English
Translation Literary Responses The Odyssey and Epic Poetry The Odyssey and
the Novel 5. Teaching the Text 6. Suggested Further Reading References
Index